[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 676 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 676

To amend the Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Act to conform that 
 Act with the judgments of the United States Federal Courts regarding 
the rights and sovereign status of certain Indian Tribes, including the 
              Narragansett Tribe, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 1999

 Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Act to conform that 
 Act with the judgments of the United States Federal Courts regarding 
the rights and sovereign status of certain Indian Tribes, including the 
              Narragansett Tribe, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Narragansett Justice Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 9(b) of the Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Act (25 
U.S.C. 1708(b)) is amended by striking ``not''.
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